Copper Graduated From Chemo!

Today is a great day! Copper went to his last chemo appointment! Everyone at the hospital was excited to see him and to celebrate with him! They fed him lots and lots of treats!

Copper coming home from his last Chemo visit

When Copper and I arrived at the hospital, we met with Dr. McDonald and discussed how he has been doing. He will be visiting the hospital monthly for a check-up, and is the subject of a study that Dr. McDonald & Dr. Crow are doing. They are trying to see if there are any changes in the blood as a dog comes out of remission. Their hope is that if they can catch the cancer before remission ends, they can start chemo earlier and maybe get the dog back into remission sooner. So when he visits he will have blood drawn for this study.

Before Copper was given his Chemo, everyone in the hospital had to visit with him. He has them all snowed! They think he is this sweet, calm little basset hound. Little do they know he is manipulating them all... For treats! They must have worn him out though for he fell asleep during his chemo, and began to snore. Everyone thought that was very funny!

The sweetest part about today was when the Dr. and the chemo Tech Christy presented me with a plaster mould of Copper's paw print as a graduation present. I was so touched by their thoughtfulness! (as soon as I can, I'll post a picture of it)
and then as we were leaving, we ran into the radiation tech who conducted his half body radiation. She was so excited to see him and to see that he is so healthy!